,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #g1 #bjag,mr4  
,olson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4  
,abraham1 and ,mrs4 ,hartzler7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to repeal       
executive overreach1 to clarify that the
 proper constitutional authority for    
social transformation belongs to the    
legislative branch4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,civil   
,rights ,uniformity ,act of #bjag4  #b4 
,congressional findings and declaration 
of purpose  7a7 ,findings ,congress     
finds the following3  7#a7 ,over the    
past half century1 ,congress has passed 
numerous civil rights laws prohibiting  
discrimination on the basis of sex1 a   
designation long understood to be       
grounded in objective biology up to the 
present day4 ,there is no evidence that 
,congress or the ,american people ever  
understood the word sex or gender in    

civil rights laws to include subjective 
self-identification4  7#b7 ,for years1  
advocates have pressed ,congress to     
include a person's subjective           
self-declared gender identity in        
,federal civil rights laws that prohibit
 sex discrimination4 ,congress has      
declined to do so except for the        
,shepard-,byrd ,act of #bjji and the    
,violence ,against ,women               
,reauthorization ,act of #bjac where    
gender identity is defined as actual or 
perceived gender-related characteristics
 with gender1 there referring to        
characteristics associated with         
biological males and females4  7#c7     
,this demonstrates that when ,congress  
wants to protect sex1 it does so        
explicitly2 when it wants to also       
elevate gender identity it does so      
explicitly2 and when it does not want to
 elevate gender identity1 it can do so  
either explicitly or by simply not      
disturbing the status quo4  7#d7        
,despite the complete clarity of this   

point1 ,president ,barack ,obama's      
administration has attempted to         
effectively replace the word sex with   
the phrase gender identity for purposes 
of ,federal antidiscrimination law and  
policy through a series of unilateral   
executive actions4  7#e7 ,for example1  
on ,december #ae1 #bjad1 ,attorney      
,general ,eric ,holder announced that   
the ,department of ,justice would       
reinterpret the ban on sex              
discrimination under title ,,vii of the 
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd to         
encompass gender identity4 ,this was    
followed on ,march #bg1 #bjae1 by an    
,equal ,employment ,opportunity         
,commission decision holding that       
declining to use a female pronoun to    
address a male who identifies as female 
constituted sex discrimination under    
title ,,vii4  7#f7 ,on ,may #i1 #bjaf1  
the ,obama administration sued the      
,state of ,north ,carolina and          
threatened it with fines and loss of    
,federal funding if it did not adopt the

 administration's incorrect readings of 
title ,,vii of the ,civil ,rights ,act  
of #aifd and title ,,ix of the          
,education ,amendments of #aigb4  7#g7  
,on ,may #ac1 #bjaf1 the ,departments of
 ,justice and ,education issued a       
8significant guidance0 letter stating   
that under title ,,ix of the ,education 
,amendments of #aigb 8when a school     
provides sex-segregated activities and  
facilities1 transgender students must be
 allowed to participate in such         
activities and access such facilities   
consistent with their gender identity40 
,the guidance further states that       
schools 8must treat a student's gender  
identity as the student's sex0 including
 in the context of 8sex-segregated      
restrooms1 locker rooms1 shower         
facilities1 housing1 and athletic teams1
 as well as single-sex classes40 ,in    
other words1 the ,departments consider  
it a title ,,ix violation if a person of
 the male sex who self-identifies as a  
female is not granted unfettered access 

to women's or girls' dorms1 showers1    
locker rooms1 and bathrooms4 ,this1     
despite assurance that such a thing     
would never happen from the likes of    
,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg who wrote in     
#aige that 8separate places to disrobe1 
sleep1 perform personal bodily functions
 are permitted1 in some situations      
required1 by regard for individual      
privacy40 ,this position was codified in
 ,federal regulations1 #cd ,,cfr        
#ajf4cc1 which state that recipients of 
,federal funds 8may provide separate    
toilet1 locker room1 and shower         
facilities on the basis of sex10 with   
sex obviously referring to biology4     
7#h7 ,also on ,may #ac1 #bjaf1 the      
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services finalized regulations that    
redefined the ,affordable ,care ,act's  
prohibition on sex discrimination in    
federally funded health programs and    
activities to cover gender identity1    
thereby opening health care             
professionals and insurers to extensive 

liability if they decline to participate
 in or pay for gender transition        
treatments or sex change operations4    
7#i7 ,the ,obama administration's       
actions are an affront to the rule of   
law1 the separation of powers1 the will 
of the people1 language1 history1       
safety1 privacy1 and biological         
realities4  7b7 ,purpose ,the purposes  
of this ,act are-- 7#a7 to prevent the  
executive branch from unilaterally      
rewriting ,federal civil rights laws by 
enacting or implementing any policy or  
undertaking any enforcement action that 
is based on construing the term sex or  
gender to mean gender identity2 and     
7#b7 to ensure that gender identity is  
not treated as a protected class in     
,federal law or policy without the      
affirmative approval of the people's    
representatives in ,congress4  #c4      
,prohibition of policies redefining sex 
to mean gender identity  7a7 ,rule of   
,construction ,in determining the       
meaning of any ,federal civil rights    

law1 and of any related ruling1         
regulation1 guidance1 or interpretation 
of the various administrative bureaus   
and agencies of the ,united ,states1 the
 words sex and gender and their         
equivalents shall not be interpreted to 
mean gender identity or its equivalent1 
and the words man and woman and their   
equivalents shall refer exclusively to a
 person's genetic sex4  7b7 ,rule of    
,interpretation ,no ,federal civil      
rights law shall be interpreted to treat
 gender identity or transgender status  
as a protected class1 unless such law   
expressly designates gender identity or 
transgender status as a protected class4
  7c7 ,definition of ,federal civil     
rights law ,for purposes of this ,act1  
the term ,federal civil rights law means
 any ,federal law prohibiting           
discrimination on the basis of sex or   
gender1 including title ,,ix of the     
,education ,amendments of #aigb 7#bj    
,u4,s4,c4 #afha et seq471 the ,civil    
,rights ,act of #aifd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    

#bjjj;a et seq471 the ,fair ,housing    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cfja et seq471 the 
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7,public ,law #aaa-adh71 and 
any other ,federal law or provision     
thereof prohibiting discrimination on   
the basis of sex or gender4